Power struggle
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 19, 2021
As solar farms rise, Adirondack Park towns weigh clean energy, views, land use issues.
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Gwen is an award-winning journalist covering environmental policy for the Explorer since January 2020. She is a member of the Legislative Correspondents Association of New York. Gwen has worked at various news outlets since 2015. She has a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Contact her at (518) 524-2902 or gwen@adirondackexplorer.org. Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 19, 2021
As solar farms rise, Adirondack Park towns weigh clean energy, views, land use issues.
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 9, 2021
The matter stems back to multiple structures Jeffrey Lee and property owner James John McDonald illegally built in the Town of Thurman.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 28, 2021
Thomas Jorling is appealing a state Supreme Court decision dismissing his lawsuit against a marina project on Lower Saranac Lake.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 20, 2021
Found in violation, a Long Lake business pushes back against Adirondack Park Agency's enforcement process.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 13, 2021
The future of Adirondack Wildlife Refuge is in question as its founders grapple with health concerns and a state order to re-home animals.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 11, 2021
Several advocacy groups and local government leaders in the Adirondacks look at Cuomo’s resignation as an opportunity for the 6-million-acre public and private park.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 7, 2021
Upper Saranac Lake residents are suing the Adirondack Park Agency and new neighbors over a property development.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 6, 2021
The state’s road salt task force has a detailed report due to lawmakers on Dec. 1, except there’s a problem—the task force doesn’t exist.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 3, 2021
State Supreme Court Justice Richard Meyer dismissed Thomas Jorling’s complaints against two state entities who supported the project.
By Gwendolyn Craig
July 30, 2021
NYS DEC and APA have said little about what the decision means for tree-cutting projects.